Lug strap connector



Nov. 4, 1947. c. l.. HUFFMAN y LUG STRAP CONNECTOR Filed July 14', 1945 'i A l A Affari' C017 'Muff Patented Nov. 4, 1947 UNITED STATES TEN OFFICE LUG STRAP CONNECTOR Coy L. Huffman, Greenville, S. C.

Application July 14, 1945, Serial No. 605,037

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a lug strap connector and the like and an improved wooden lug strap with both the wooden lug strap and the lug strap connector being made of wood or I may have the lug strap connector being made of wood or any other suitable material and apply thereto a conventional lug strap.

In looms there is a pick motion comprising a pick cam on the loom which oscillates a pick shaft which has a downwardly extending arm aixed thereto with a stirrup on its lower end and a lug strap connector is connected to this stirrup and to the other end of the lug strap connector is connected a conventional lug strap which encircles the picker stick of the loom, the picker stick being oscillatably mounted at its bottom end and having a picker on its upper end for impelling the shuttle across the lair of the loom. There has been great diiculty in providing -a lug strap and lug strap connector which would not work loose thus resulting in uneven picks and other imperfections in the weaving,

It is an object of this invention to provide a lug strap .connector made of any suitable material such as wood or plastic and having both ends thereof provided with elongated slots and being wedge shaped whereby a U-shaped member can be connected to the end of the connector next to the stirrup and to the other end of the connector the conventional lug strap can be connected or an improved wooden lug strap can be connected to this improved connector.

It is another object of this invention to provide in a lug strap and lug connector assembly for looms, a connector which will not work loose and which will hold both the lug strap and the connection to the pick motion of the loom in adjusted position and will not change this adjustment during operation.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is a top plan view of my invention with conventional parts associated therewith and showing the picker stick in cross section;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the assembly and taken along the line 2-2 in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view of the left hand end of an assembly such as in Figure l and showing an improved wooden lug strap associated with the invention.

numeral I0 indicates a stirrup whose upper end is connected to the pick shaft of a loom and whose lower end has a gap therethrough providing a horizontally disposed bearing portion II. This bearing portion II is adapted to be encircled `by a U-shaped member I2 and suitable bearing blocks I3 and I4 may be provided for tting on each side of the bearing portion II. The block I3 may be held in position by suitable pins I5 penetrating the member I2 and the block I3 and a suitable split rivet or the like indicated by I6 may be employed for holding the bearing portion I4 in position.

This member I2 at its open end is adapted to be penetrated by a bolt 20 with suitable washers 2I on each side thereof iitting against the outside portions of the member I2 and this bolt is adapted to penetrate an elongated slot 22 in a connector member 23 which in the present instance is shown as being made of Wood. The right hand end of this member 23 has sloping portions which Widen as they progress toward the bearing member Il. The left hand end of the connector 23 also has outwardly diverging side portions and between these side portions is a slot 25 which is penetrated by a bolt 26 with a suitable washer 21 on each side thereof for clampingly engaging the ends of a conventional lug strap 28. This lug strap is adapted to encircle a conventional Wear strip 30 secured on the inside wearing surface of the same. Instead of the conventional lug strap 28, a wooden lug strap 35 may be provided, having a ller block 36 made of wood or leather or other suitable material and held in position by a bolt 31 penetrating the same and the wooden lug strap 35. The free ends of the lug strap 35 are secured to the left hand end of the connector 23 in the same manner as shown in Figure l.

It is thus seen that when a conventional lug strap or Wooden lug strap made from a piece of bent wood is secured to the outwardly flaring left hand end of the connector 23, it is permanently secured in position and any separation which may occur tends to more lirmly bind the parts together. The same is true with regard to the right hand end of the connector in relation to the U- shaped member I2 connecting to the pick mechanism of the loom.

In the drawings and specication there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although specic terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being dened in the claim,

I claim:

A lug strap connector for looms comprising a Wooden member having in each end thereof a transversely disposed slot, the opposed sides of the member adjacent said slot extending in diverging relation to each other to provide end portions with a, greater thickness than its intermediate portion, a U-shaped lug strap tting on each side of one end of the member and a bolt penetrating the lug strap ends and the slot in the member to wedgingly secure the lug strap to one end of the connector and a U-shaped bearing member having its ends fitting on opposed sides of the other end of the connector and a bolt pene- ,trating the legs of the U -shaped bearing member and said slot whereby the bearing member is secured to the other end of the connector and whereby longitudinal strains on the assembly will tend to tighten the connections between the lug strap and the bearing member and the connector.

COY L. HUFFMAN.

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